There are 10 ways to get from Sofia to Kirkenes by plane, train, night train, bus, car, busferry, car ferry, or car train
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Fly Sofia Airport to Kirkenes Airport
best- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Kirkenes Airport (KKN)plane SOF - KKN
12h 30mkr 987–3,248Train, night train, bus, drive
- Take the train from Sofia Sever to Gorna Oryahovitsatrain Ic / ...
- Take the night train from Gorna Oryahovitsa to Bucharestnighttrain
- Take the bus from Bucharest to Bălțibus
- Take the bus from Balti to Lobok Borderbus
- Take the train from Nevel 2 to Murmansktrain
- Take the bus from Murmansk Bus station to Zapolyarnybus 211
- Drive from Zapolyarny to Kirkenescar
3d 5hkr 2,249–4,229Bus, bus and ferry, car ferry
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bucharestbus
- Take the busferry from Bucharest to Oslo bussterminalbusferry
- Take the bus from Oslo bussterminal to Furneset ferjekaibus
- Take the bus from Furneset ferjekai to Kristiansund trafikkterminalbus
- Take the car ferry from Kristiansund kystrutekai to Kirkenes kystrutekaicarferry
6d 23hkr 7,247–17,277Drive, car train
- Drive from Sofia to Villach Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Villach Hbf to Hamburg Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Hamburg Hbf to Kirkenescar
2d 5hkr 7,924–12,035Fly Sofia Airport to Ivalo, bus
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Ivalo (IVL)plane SOF - IVL
- Take the bus from Ivalo Airport to Kirkenesbus
16h 37mkr 6,563–10,109Bus to Skopje International Airport, fly to Kirkenes Airport
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Skopje Nikola Karevbus
- Fly from Skopje International Airport (SKP) to Kirkenes Airport (KKN)plane SKP - KKN
24h 25mkr 1,701–7,101Fly Sofia Airport to Vadsø Airport, drive
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Vadsø Airport (VDS)plane SOF - VDS
- Drive from Vadsø Airport (VDS) to Kirkenescar
16h 55mkr 1,245–3,820Bus, bus to Pristina, fly to Kirkenes Airport
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Skopje Nikola Karevbus
- Take the bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Pristinabus
- Fly from Pristina (PRN) to Kirkenes Airport (KKN)plane PRN - KKN
26h 3mkr 1,906–7,094Bus to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport, fly to Kirkenes Airport
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Beograd, Autobuska stanicabus
- Fly from Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG) to Kirkenes Airport (KKN)plane BEG - KKN
15h 40mkr 1,794–4,586Drive 4,107.5 km
- Drive from Sofia to Kirkenescar 4,107.5 km
2d 4hkr 8,387–12,114
Sofia Airport (SOF) to Kirkenes Airport (KKN) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sofia to Kirkenes is to fly which costs kr 950 - kr 3300 and takes 12h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Sofia to Kirkenes is to fly which takes 12h 30m and costs kr 950 - kr 3300.
The distance between Sofia and Kirkenes is 3058 km. The road distance is 4107.5 km.
The best way to get from Sofia to Kirkenes without a car is to bus and bus and ferry and car ferry which takes 6 days 23h and costs kr 7000 - kr 18000.
It takes approximately 12h 30m to get from Sofia to Kirkenes, including transfers.
Kirkenes is 1h behind Sofia. It is currently 2:06 AM in Sofia and 1:06 AM in Kirkenes.
Yes, the driving distance between Sofia to Kirkenes is 4107 km. It takes approximately 2 days 4h to drive from Sofia to Kirkenes.
There are 40+ hotels available in Kirkenes.
What companies run services between Sofia, Bulgaria and Kirkenes, Norway?
Norwegian Air Shuttle, Scandinavian Airlines, and four other airlines fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Kirkenes Airport (KKN) 5 times a week.
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Kirkenes Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–5,000
Flights from Sofia Airport to Kirkenes Airport via Copenhagen, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 900–3,000
Flights from Skopje International Airport to Kirkenes Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,500–6,000
Flights from Skopje International Airport to Kirkenes Airport via Warsaw Chopin, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,500–6,500
Flights from Pristina to Kirkenes Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,600–6,500
Flights from Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport to Kirkenes Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 2m
- When
- Wednesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,400–6,000
Flights from Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport to Kirkenes Airport via Copenhagen, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,500–6,500
- Website
- wideroe.no
Flights from Sofia Airport to Vadsø Airport via Oslo, Kirkenes Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 17m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 850–3,300
Flights from Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport to Kirkenes Airport via Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,400–3,800
Flights from Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport to Kirkenes Airport via Tromso, Alta
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,400–3,800
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Kirkenes Airport via Munich, Ivalo
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,400–3,700
Flights from Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport to Kirkenes Airport via Munich, Ivalo
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,600–4,300
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Ivalo via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,900–5,500
Flights from Sofia Airport to Ivalo via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 2,400–7,500
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Skopje International Airport to Kirkenes Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,500–6,000
Flights from Pristina to Kirkenes Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,600–6,500
- Phone
- +359 2 931 11 11
- [email protected]
- Website
- bdz.bg
Train from Sofia Sever to Gorna Oryahovitsa
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 40–70
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- kr 40–65
- 1st Class
- kr 50–70
Night train from Gorna Oryahovitsa to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- kr 30–55
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- kr 30–50
- 1st Class
- kr 40–55
Train from Nevel 2 to Murmansk
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 25m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- kr 750–1,500
- Website
- https://www.rw.by/
- Website
- https://pass.rw.by/ru/
- Website
- https://pass.rw.by/ru/
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- kr 750–900
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- kr 1,200–1,500
- 1nd Class (SW)
- kr 2,200–2,900
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- [email protected]
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Villach Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 46m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–1,400
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +40735123000
- [email protected]
- Website
- trendbus.ro
Bus from Bucharest to Bălți
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 54m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 314
- Schedules at
- romtransexpress.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +373 22 542-185
- [email protected]
- Website
- autogara.md
Bus from Balti to Lobok Border
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 900–2,000
- Schedules at
- autogara.md
- Website
- route51.ru
Bus from Murmansk Bus station to Zapolyarny
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 35
- Schedules at
- route51.ru
- Phone
- +38(098) 343 8282
- [email protected]
- Website
- likebus.ua
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 318
- Schedules at
- likebus.ua
- Phone
- 0040263701919
- [email protected]
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from Bucharest to Oslo bussterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 45h 56m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- kr 750–1,700
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
- Phone
- +47 407 05070
- [email protected]
- Website
- vybuss.no
Bus from Oslo bussterminal to Furneset ferjekai
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 19m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–2,000
- Website
- https://www.vybuss.com/
- Phone
- +47 71 28 01 00
- Website
- frammr.no
Bus from Furneset ferjekai to Kristiansund trafikkterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 180–260
- Website
- https://frammr.no/?sprak=3
- Phone
- +358 40 179 6069
- [email protected]
- Website
- visitinari.fi
Bus from Ivalo Airport to Kirkenes
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 4,600–5,000
- Schedules at
- visitinari.fi
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- [email protected]
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Skopje Nikola Karev
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 130–320
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Skopje Nikola Karev
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 130–320
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- Phone
- +383 49 166 760
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 110
- Website
- https://www.facebook.com/amalfitours1
- Phone
- +389 76 241 003
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 110
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- [email protected]
- Website
- web.facebook.com
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 83
- Website
- https://web.facebook.com/motoja.shkup
- Phone
- +381 11 8728111
- [email protected]
- Website
- polazak.rs
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Beograd, Autobuska stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 330–550
- Website
- https://polazak.rs/ci/prevoznici/trans-jug
- Phone
- +442039 935 562
- [email protected]
- Website
- hurtigruten.com
Car ferry from Kristiansund kystrutekai to Kirkenes kystrutekai
- Ave. Duration
- 4d 6h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 8,500–13,000
- Website
- https://www.hurtigruten.com
- Phone
- +47 70 00 70 70
- [email protected]
- Website
- havilavoyages.com
Car ferry from Kristiansund kystrutekai to Kirkenes kystrutekai
- Ave. Duration
- 4d 6h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 5,000–6,000
- Website
- https://www.havilavoyages.com/
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